You can read Suffolk County Council's statement on our website.
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You can read Suffolk County Council's statement on our website.
Suffolk County Council’s Corporate Services Finance is responsible for providing financial services, for example, making payments to individuals and providers. On occasions we may need to collect and use personal data in order to fulfil these duties.
The processing of personal data is governed by the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), collectively referred to as data protection law
This privacy notice explains how Corporate Services Finance uses information about you when you contact us or use our services, and how we protect your privacy.
Suffolk County Council is the controller for the personal information that is being processed. If you have any queries about how Corporate Services Finance is collecting or using your personal data, you can contact the Chief Financial Officer (section 151 Officer) via email to: Section151@suffolk.gov.uk
Contact details for the council’s Data Protection Officer and Compliance Manager can be found in the council’s corporate privacy notice, which is available on the council’s website.
The types of information that are processed by Corporate Services Finance include:
Whilst the majority of Corporate Services Finance information that is provided to us by individuals and organisations is mandatory, some of it is provided to us on a voluntary basis.
In order to comply with data protection legislation, we will inform you whether you are required to provide certain information to us or if you have a choice in this.
Corporate Services Finance data is used to:
Under data protection law, Corporate Services Finance can only process your personal data if it is lawful to do so. Please see the details below of the lawful bases that we rely on for processing different types of personal data.
For processing personal data, we rely on the following lawful bases:
When we process special category data, we rely on the following additional lawful basis(es):
In order to provide our services, it is necessary for Corporate Service Finance to share information. We routinely share data with the following recipients for the reasons provided:
We do not transfer any personal data to any countries or international organisations outside of the EU, the EEA (European Economic Area), or any other country that does not have an equivalent level of data protection to the UK.
We keep personal data for as long as we need it to fulfil the purpose that it was collected for, and in line with any statutory or locally determined retention periods.
For Corporate Services Finance, the statutory retention period is six years, plus the current financial year. At the end of this period, it is reviewed and securely destroyed as appropriate.
Corporate Services Finance does not use automated decision-making processes or profiling in respect of your information.
Under data protection law, you have the right to request access to the information that we hold about you. If you would like to make a request to access your personal information, please contact: data.protection@suffolk.gov.uk
You also have other rights regarding your personal data. You can find out more information about these rights by looking at the council’s corporate privacy notice.
If you would like independent advice on this privacy notice or other matters about how Suffolk County Council processes your personal data, including how to make a complaint, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office at:
Wycliffe House
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Telephone: 0303 123 1113
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